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NZ NPC - Round 3 (lemmy.nz)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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Table:

Pos.	Team	P	W	B	PTS
1	BoP	3	3	3	15
2	Hawke's Bay	2	2	2	10
3	Wellington	2	2	2	10
4	Tasman	2	2	1	9
5	Taranaki	2	1	2	6
6	Northland	2	1	1	5
7	Canterbury	2	1	1	5
8	Waikato	2	1	1	5
9	Southland	2	1	0	4
10	Otago	2	1	0	4
11	North Harbour	2	0	2	2
12	Counties-Manukau	3	0	2	2
13	Auckland	2	0	1	1
14	Manawatū	2	0	0	0

Fixtures:

Friday 23/08:

Hawke's Bay v Northland (Ranfurly Shield Challenge)

Saturday 24/08:

Counties-Manukau v Tasman
Auckland v Canterbury
Southland v Taranaki

Sunday 25/08:

Otago v BoP
Wellington v Manawatū
North Harbour v Waikato

Wednesday 28/08:

Canterbury v Hawke's Bay

My Predictions:

Hawkes-Bay 6+ (I'm on call this week so won't be at McLean Park :( )
Tasman 18+
Auckland 6-
Taranaki 6+
BoP 6+
Wellington 27+
North Harbour 6+
Canterbury 10-

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[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm guessing there might be some away wins this week. Counties-Manukau have been really struggling and Tasman are stacked with Super Rugby players so shouldn't fail.

BoP beat Waikato away in a local Derby in the first round, and are a solid team, so they might squeek past Otago down in Dunedin, and Taranaki as defending champs should be able to beat Southland - though the latter is much improved this season over years past.

Canterbury & Hawke's Bay are in their storm weeks this round, the latter has upset Canterbury in season's past but with only a few days rest, and away from home it would be a huge result if they pull it off.